As part of the DRG Assessment process, USAID commissions an independent expert on the democratic transition in the\ud subject country or region to undertake a peer review of the Final Report. The purpose of the peer review is to provide an external commentary on how well the DRG Assessment captures the essential political dynamics of the subject country and the soundness of its analysis and recommendations. The review offers an expert opinion on the overall quality of the report; it identifies any\ud innovative findings that may have emerged in the up-to-date DRG Assessment; it points out any key gaps in the analysis as well as noting differences of political interpretation; it evaluates the extent to which the recommendations are logically derived from the analysis; and provides an occasion for the reviewer to comment on the overall appropriateness of USAID’s DRG methodology for elaborating a DRG strategic approach that is rooted in a clear and compelling understanding of a country’s political dynamic

11 The power of organized social movements as catalysts of change is well documented in scholarly research. Some examples include the importance of the women' suffrage movement in the United States leading to women's right to vote (Leanor Flexner and Ellen Fitzpatrick, Century of Struggle. The Women's Right Movement in the United States. Harvard College, 1959); the enactment of stronger environmental regulations in the United States and many European countries as a result of the environmental movement (Alain Touraine, Anti-Nuclear Protest: The opposition to nuclear energy in France. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1983); the power of social movements in Latin America during the 1960s and 1970s in helping to pave the way for political change in the 1990s (Susan Eckstein, ed. Power and Popular Protest. Latin American Social Movements. Berkeley and Los Angeles, University of California Press, 2001); the power of urban social movements in bringing about broader political change in their cities and successfully overcoming the resistance of dominant interests that resist change (Manuel Castells, The City and the Grassroots. Berkeley and Los Angeles, University of California Press, 1983); and the importance of the Solidarity labor movement in Poland to bring about political change (Alain Touraine, Solidarity: The analysis of a social movement: Poland 1980-1981. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1983).

12 The Indonesian Survey Institute (LSI) has conducted yearly surveys asking people whether they believe democracy is the best form of government. In 2011, the last available survey, 77.3 percent of people interviewed agreed with the statement that democracy is the best form of government. http://www.lsi.or.id/riset/403/Rilis%20LSI%2029%20Mei%202011.

13 Turnout rates in legislative elections of 1999, 2004, and 2009 were 93.3 percent, 84.9 percent, and 70.99 percent, respectively. http://www.lsi.or.id/riset/403/Rilis%20LSI%2029%20Mei%202011. Turnout rates in presidential elections are also high, with 75.2 percent in the second round presidential election in 2004 and 82.5 percent in the presidential elections of 2009. See IFES election guide. http://www.electionguide.org/reports1.php?region=5&country=102&type=1&round_num=0&start_month=01&start_year=2000&end_mont h=12&end_year=2012&submitted=1&submit.x=45&submit.y=16.

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